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Modelled in the round as a female face with almond-shaped eyes, wearing a barbette, remains of a double-braid hairstyle. 940 grams, 13.4 cm



Ex Altounian-Rousset.

Tongue-shaped with an engraved animal, possibly a squirrel. 14.3 grams, 38 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Scaphoid in plan with chamfered edges and raised fleur-de-lys motif; underside with central fleur-de-lys and border with legend '+ S' ALANI D'FERIBY' for 'seal of Alan of Ferriby'. 11 grams, 31 mm



Found Lincolnshire, UK. Acquired on the UK art market from the 1990s. From the private collection of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman.

Comprising discoid and vesica-shaped examples; legends include '+SIGIL'NORM[A]NNIO[.]OR', 'S'THOMECOBEHERE', 'S'FILIPIROLL:XXX' and another with central crescent moon and star, enigmatic legend; each with an impression. 45 grams total, 28-32 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Chess piece type seal matrix with a pierced trefoil-shaped lug, circular die with a merchant's mark and inscription reading '+PIETER VAN DEN SANNE'; accompanied by a museum-quality impression. 12.5 grams, 29 mm



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-566C60.

Heater-shaped with central heraldic shield showing two chevronels and a fess between, border with legend '+PARROR[..]RT[..]SITORIS', supplied with an impression. 146 grams, 53 mm



Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector.

Arms with this general scheme (fess between chevronels) occur in several families including Trevanion, Seward, Seneschall, Hill, Lisle, Lyde, Davent, Grandin, Trewrek, Hopham, Walpole, Austen and several others, some with additional charges and/or variations of colour.

Comprising: pentagonal internal corner-section with horizontal ribbing; corner of a vessel with moulded rim. 3.69 kg total, 10-20.2 cm



Found Norfolk, UK.

A collection of metal buckles, dress and strap fittings, comprising single-loop and double-loop buckle frames, associated plates, mounts and fastening fragments, including a shaped buckle frame decorated with pronounced curling scrolls, probably intended for a shoe or knee fastening. 87 grams total, 23-41 mm



Acquired on the European art market. UK, private collection.

These illustrate the varied construction of fittings attached to leather straps or clothing, combining functional loops, bars and hooks with decorative profiles and surface ornament. The group principally represents medieval and early modern fastening types. The double-oval frames belong to a tradition particularly widespread during the later medieval period and the 16th–17th centuries, while the more elaborate scroll-decorated frame is consistent with late 17th- or early 18th-century dress accessories.

With lead core, onion-shaped body with domed base and collar to the neck, incised medial band. 511 grams, 62 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising a hollow-formed rectangular plaque with reserved Lombardic 'M', lozengiform cell with hole to the underside, beast-head terminating in a ring; rivet in situ. 3.53 grams, 28 mm



From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

Comprising five domed thimbles with pellet decoration. 27.3 grams total, 15-22 mm



Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.

Stirrup-shaped with a circular hoop rising to a triangular bezel with a silver boss, four four-petalled flowers on the hoop at one, three, nine and eleven o'clock, the underside of the hoop with clasped hands emerging from sleeves with raised ridges and grooves. 4.21 grams, 30.69 mm overall, 20.44 x 21.72 mm internal diameter (approximate size British U 1/2, USA 10 1/4, Europe 23.15, Japan 22)



Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Folkestone and Hythe, Kent, UK, on 27th March 2024; declared as Treasure under the Treasure Act with reference number 2024T433, disclaimed by the Crown and returned to the finder. Property of a Kent gentleman, a specialist medieval collector. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.KENT-9266B7. Accompanied by a copy of the report of potential Treasure for H M Coroner. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from the British Museum informing the finder that the Crown's interest in this find has been disclaimed, and other documentation.